212 «i.ossARy. 



Cap-shaped: s&rat as cyathiform, or near it. 



CripuU : a little cup ; the cap to the acorn of the Oak, p. 130, fig. 299. 



Oupulate : provided with a capule. 



Cuspidate: tipped with a sheirp and stiff point. i " i 



Cut : same as incised, or applied generally to any sharp' and deep ditision. 



Ciitide : the skin of plants, or more strictly its external pellicle. 



Cydlhiform : in the shape of a cup, or particularly of a wine-glass. 



Cycle : one complete turn of a spire, or a circle ; p. 73. 



Cyclical . rolled up circularly, or coiled into a complete circle. 



Cycldsis! the circiiliation in cfosfed cells, p. WT; 



Cylindraceous : approaching to the 



Cylindrical form ; as that of stems, &c., which are round; and gradnally if at all 



tapering. 

 Cymbieform, or Cymbifirm i same as boat-shaped. 

 Cyme: a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence, p. 82, fig. 165, 167. 

 Cymose : furnished with cymes, or like a cyme. 



Deca- (in composition of words of Greek derivation) : ten; as 

 Decdgynous : with 10 pistils or styles. Decandrous : with 10 stamens. 

 Deciduous : falling off, or subject to fall , said of leaves which fall in antnmn, 



and of a calyx and corolla which fall before the fruit forms. 

 Declined :' turned to one side, or downwards, as the stamens of Azalea nndiflora. 

 Decompound: several times compounded or divided; p 67, fig. 138. 

 Decumbent : reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise ; p. 37. 

 Decurrent (leaves) : prolonged on the stem beneath tbe insertion, as in Thistles. 

 Decussate: arranged in pairs which successively cross each other; fig. 147. 

 Definite: when of a uniform nttitibei*, and not above twelve or so. 

 Deflexed: bent downwards. i 



Defimate : past the flowering state, as an anther after it has discharged its pollen. 

 Dehiscence: the mode in which an anther or a pod regularly bursts or splits 



open ; p. 132. 

 Dehiscent ; opening by regular dehiscence. 



Deliquescent: branching off so that the stem is lost in the branches, p. 25. 

 Deltoid: of a triangular shape, like tlld Greek capital A. 

 Demersed : growing below the surface of water. 

 Dendroid, Dendritic : tree-like in form or appearance. 

 Dentate: toothed (from the Latin dens, a tooth), p. 61, fig. 113. 

 Denticulate : furnished with denticulations,- or very small teeth : diminutive of 



the last. 

 Depauperate (impoverished or starved)' : below the natural size. 

 Depressed : flattened, or as if pressed down from above ; flattened vertically. 

 Descending : tending gradually downwards. 

 Determinate Inflorescence, p. 81, 83. 

 Dextrorse : turiied to the right hand. 

 Di- (in Greek compounds) : two| as 



Didddphous (stamens) : united by their filaments in two sets ; p. Ill, fig. 2S7. 

 Didndrous: having two stamens, p. 112. 

 Diagnosis . a short distinguishing character, or descriptive phrase. 



